Three Sign for the Bulldog 2010-2011 Recruiting Class

McPherson College CC/TF team has signed three standout athletes to join the Bulldogs for the 2010-2011 Recruiting Class.

Callie Colden of Kirk, Colorado has signed letters of intent with Track and Field and Volleyball. We are very excited to add Callie to our roster next season and feel that she will help to make our Womens program stronger. Callie comes to us from Liberty High School in Joes, Colorado. For the Bulldogs Callie will compete in the short sprints and the triple jump.

Joe Sumpter of Downs, Kansas has signed a letter of intent to join the Bulldogs 2010-2011 recruiting class. Joe joins us from Osborne High School and will hurdle for the Bulldogs. We are very excited to add Joe to our Roster and feel that he will be a great addition to our squad.

Emily Girard of Osborne, Kansas will join the Bulldogs for the 2010-2011 track and field recruiting class. Emily is also joining the womens volleyball team here at McPherson. Emily comes to us from Osborne High School. Emily will hurdle for the bulldogs and we are very excited to add her to the team.

Swanson Qualifies for Nationals as Bulldogs Compete well at Ward Haylett Invite

Saturday January 9th, the Bulldog Track and Field squad competed at the Ward Haylett Invite hosted by Doane College in Crete, Nebraska. The morning started off quite early for the Dogs with a departure time of 4:45am...yes that's right, am!! Our trek to Crete, Nebraska was a smooth one and when pulling into town with the temperature at a whopping negative 14 degrees, the team and coaching staff were all excited that we were competing indoors!!!

The meet went smoothly and the Bulldogs competed very well. Andrea Swanson, a senior from Littleton, Colorado posted an "A" standard mark in the Women's Shot Put with a toss of 42'9''. This mark places Swanson currently #3 in the event for the NAIA this season. On the Men's side, Freshman Grant Miller out of St. Johns, KS competed for the first time in the Weight Throw.

Mitchell Krier walked away with a win this past weekend in the Pole Vault with a jump of 15'5''. Krier is currently ranked #1 in the Pole Vault for this season in the NAIA. Also competing in the Vault for the first time this season was Andy Woodward who posted a mark of 12'1.5'' after coming off of injury. On the women's side, Rachel Leuthold also competed in the Vault. Garret Sharp competed in the High Jump.

The "Rodent" crew was out in full force at the Ward Haylett Invite. Our sprint crew on the Men's side; Ben Barker a freshman from Muskogee, Oklahoma and Juniors Ginikachi Ibe and Rattanak Munor from San Jose, California competed on the track for the first time this season in the 55m and the 200m dash. Also competing in the 55m was Freshmen Drew Talbott and in the 200m dash was Talbott and Senior Ryan Brown. On the Women's side for the 55m sprint was Junior Transfer out of Washington, Sonia Fuentes.

The distance crew showed up for the Men's 3k Saturday afternoon and competed well. Senior Shaun Griffin, Junior Matt Brown and Freshmen Kyle Smith, Dan Meibaum, David Johnson and Fred Miller were among the Bulldogs racing at Doan College. Senior Leterius Ray competed in the 800m run.

All in all the Bulldogs of McPherson College were a force to be reckoned with at the Ward Haylett Invite. The Bulldogs are off for three weeks of hard workouts preparing for the Sooner Invite at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma on February 6th.

Complete Results

Back in McPherson

Monday was the first day of practice. We have some new faces on the team. We have three people who have transferred in at semester. Javier Ceja a 5k, 10k runner from California, Tony Leal a 400, 800 runner from Hartnell College in California and Sonia Fuentes a sprinter hurdler from Washington. The team has been working very hard the past few days. Everyone is sore from new drills and exercises we have added. I am very excited about the group we have for this track season. We have an exciting season ahead of us. Stay tuned our first meet is this weekend at Doane College in Nebraska.

Bulldogs open Indoor Track Season with Krier breaking school record and qulaifying for Nationals

Bulldogs compete at KU


December 5th the Bulldogs competed in the 2009 Bob Timmons Challenge at the University of Kansas. With lots of excitement and enthusiasm the Bulldogs came to compete and did some good things on the track and in the field.


Mitchell Krier of Sterling, Colorado breaks school record and qualifies an "A" standard for the 2010 NAIA Indoor National meet with a mark of 15'7''.





Other Bulldogs competing were Mike Baxter who placed 6th in the 3000m, Kyle Smith placing 8th in the 3000m, Garrett Sharp in the high jump, Rachel Leuthold and Drew Talbott in the Pole Vualt, Ryan Brown in the 400m, Leterius Ray in the 600yd, David Johnson in the 800m and David Parry in the 1600m.


We were excited to have an early meet, before winter break, to see what everyone could do. All in all everyone showed up and competed. The coaching staff was pleased with the days performances and really excited for the Indoor Track season to be in full force.


Complete Results


Bulldogs Jump at KSU All-Comers

December 12th a skeleton crew of three jumpers made the trip to Manhattan, Kansas for the KSU All-Comers Indoor Meet.


Mitchell Krier broke the school record and improved his National Qualifying mark with a jump of 16' 00.75'' good enough to place 2nd.


Also jumping for the Bulldogs was Freshman Garrett Sharp of Chanute, Kansas. Sharp jumped a season best of 6'2.25''. Senior Leterius Ray competed in the Long Jump for McPherson. He finished with a jump of 17'11.75''.




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Cross Country finishes 4th and 9th at KCAC Championship meet

The McPherson College cross country teams finished their seasons at the KCAC Cross Country Championships on Saturday morning at Lake Afton Park in Goddard, Kan. The men finished fourth overall, while the women turned in a ninth place finish.



Freshman Mike Baxter was the top finisher for the Bulldogs men. Baxter crossed the line in 27:11.00, good for 16th place and a life time PR for 8k. Finishing 17th, and second for the men, was senior Shaun Griffin with a time of 27:12.00. Freshman Kyle Smith finished third for the Bulldogs at the 27:40.00 mark.

Sophomore David Parry and junior Matt Brown rounded out the top five, finishing with a time of 29:11.09 and 30:59.00, respectively.

1 mile 2 mile 3 mile 4 mile 8k
1 Mike Baxter 05:09.0 10:35.0 16:20.0 22:15.0 27:11.0
2 Shaun Griffin 05:09.0 10:29.0 16:17.0 22:08.0 27:12.0
3 Kyle Smith 05:08.0 10:39.0 16:26.0 21:54.0 27:40.0
4 David Parry 05:31.0 11:27.0 17:39.0 23:46.0 29:11.0
5 Matt Brown 05:27.0 11:31.0 18:01.0 24:43.0 30:59.0
7 Fred Miller 06:39.0 13:07.0 20:09.0 27:06.0 33:02.0
8 Zach Dowling 06:27.0 13:22.0 20:39.0 27:37.0 34:04.0
9 David Johnson 06:58.0 14:40.0 22:44.0 27:47.0 34:30.0



"I was really proud of the guys", said coach Eby,"they ran well at the biggest meet of the year and improved on last years place. Its a step in the right direction."

men's results

For the women, sophomore Kati Beam paced the women with her time of 22:19.00, good for 43rd place. Sophomore Katie Logan was the second runner to cross the finish line for McPherson, posting a time of 22:26.41. Freshman Torey Fry finished third, while sophomore Krissa Fuentes took fourth for the Bulldogs with times of 22:48 and 23:20, respectively. Junior Katey Taylor rounds out the top five women’s finishers with a time of 24:25.

women's results

1 mile 2 mile 5k
1 Katie Logan 06:28.0 14:00.0 22:25.0
2 Kati Beam 06:32.0 14:04.0 22:18.0
3 Torey Fry 06:43.0 14:23.0 22:47.0
4 Krissa Fuentes 06:46.0 14:33.0 23:18.0
5 Katey Taylor 07:15.0 15:22.0 24:25.0




Coach Eby said, "It was great to see the girls place as a team at the conference for the first time in a long time, this is also a huge step in the right direction. Overall we just need to continue to build on the momentum we have started this year. If we keep going in this direction the future of McPherson Cross Country will be very bright."

NAIA Mid-States @ Southwestern

The McPherson College men’s and women’s cross country teams competed at the NAIA Mid-State Classic Saturday morning. The Bulldog men finished 17th of 22 teams, while the women place 20th of 22 in the annual event hosted by Southwestern College.

The meet consisted of over 170 runners for 22 teams.

Colorado College won the men’s team title with 125 points, barely edging the Wayland Baptist Pioneers, who finished with 126 points. Sophomore Silas Kisorio of Oklahoma Christian University won the individual men’s title with an 8k time of 24:50.86.

Freshman Kyle Smith was the first Bulldog to cross the finish line at 28:01.70 (89th place), followed closely by fellow freshman Mike Baxter at 28:08.68.

Sophomore David Perry (167th, 30:37.62), junior Matt Brown (191st, 32:18.08), freshman Dan Meibaum (204th, 34:32.43), freshman Fred Miller (208th, 35:59.70), senior Zach Dowling (212th, 37:14.31) and freshman David Johnson (215th, 40:34.08) as ran for McPherson.

On the women’s side, Kansas Wesleyan University won the overall team title. The individual women’s title went to Francine Nzilampa as she completed the course in 17:41.29.

Sophomore Katie Logan was the top finisher for the Bulldogs. Logan finished in 89th place with a time of 21:44.95, the 18th fastest women’s 5k time in McPherson College history. Sophomore Kati Beam and freshman Torey Fry were the next to finish for McPherson. Beam finished in a time of 22:39.85, while Fry finished at 22:56.62.

Sophomore Krissa Fuentes (133rd, 23:09.00) and junior Katey Taylor (155th 25:26.80) also competed for the Bulldogs.

The KCAC Championships are scheduled for November 7in Wichita. Winners at the KCAC meet will receive the automatic bid to the NAIA National cross country meet.